This article is part of our Target Breakdown series.
Dalvin Cook and Christian McCaffrey aside, wideouts seem to be getting the worst of it from an injury standpoint this year. D.J. Chark unfortunately just became the first top-50 wideout to suffer a season-ending injury, but a slew of his position mates have missed time with lesser problems, namely hamstrings and concussions.
The former have been especially bad this year, including two teams — the Giants and Titans — that had multiple starting wideouts miss Week 4 with hamstring injuries. Not that it's anything new for Sterling Shepard or Julio Jones to be banged up, but RotoWire injury expert Jeff Stotts did mention a month ago that other sports leagues (MLB and NBA) had seen increases in soft-tissue injuries in the first year after their pandemic-impacted seasons.
NFL players, of course, had a full regular-season schedule last year, but nearly everything else (practice, OTAs, preseason) was truncated. In any case, it's probably interesting more so than useful, as one would think any effect might hit other positions (RB?) just as hard. Maybe that's coming, or maybe we're just stuck on a strange season where RBs have better injury luck than WRs.
Either way, I've got you covered with everything you need to analyze Week 4 and prepare for Week 5 and beyond. I'll emphasize year-to-date stats a little more in the team-by team breakdowns now, usually only discussing specifics from Week 4 if there was some kind of role change or injury concern. Fewer blurbs allowed me to spend more time on year-to-date leaderboard this week, filtering out target and air-yard shares to only show relevant games for players who have missed part of the season. Check out that, and much more, below...
(Also check out Backfield Breakdown, which is basically the same thing but for RBs instead of WRs and TEs.)
Week 4 Sortable Leaderboards
Wide Receivers
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Ridley | 97.2% | 41 | 13 | 32.5% | 193 | 49.0% | 31.7% | 1.95 | 0 |
| 2 | Cooper Kupp | 95.3% | 40 | 13 | 31.7% | 105 | 29.6% | 32.5% | 1.60 | 0 |
| 3 | Diontae Johnson | 91.4% | 40 | 13 | 33.3% | 131 | 48.5% | 32.5% | 2.30 | 0 |
| 4 | Terry McLaurin | 96.8% | 33 | 13 | 39.4% | 228 | 74.0% | 39.4% | 3.73 | 3 |
| 5 | DJ Moore | 85.3% | 39 | 12 | 30.8% | 114 | 34.2% | 30.8% | 2.90 | 1 |
| 6 | Tyreek Hill | 82.5% | 25 | 12 | 40.0% | 141 | 69.3% | 48.0% | 7.44 | 0 |
| 7 | Jakobi Meyers | 94.4% | 43 | 12 | 28.6% | 68 | 30.9% | 27.9% | 1.63 | 0 |
| 8 | Deebo Samuel | 88.9% | 40 | 12 | 30.8% | 115 | 31.2% | 30.0% | 3.90 | 0 |
| 9 | Mike Evans | 87.8% | 42 | 12 | 27.9% | 128 | 27.2% | 28.6% | 1.79 | 0 |
| 10 | Robby Anderson | 85.3% | 40 | 11 | 28.2% | 140 | 42.2% | 27.5% | 1.15 | 0 |
| 11 | Tyler Boyd | 61.8% | 28 | 11 | 34.4% | 87 | 35.1% | 39.3% | 4.21 | 0 |
| 12 | Davante Adams | 87.5% | 38 | 11 | 31.4% | 78 | 25.2% | 28.9% | 1.68 | 0 |
| 13 | Keenan Allen | 87.8% | 38 | 11 | 29.7% | 78 | 27.6% | 28.9% | 0.95 | 0 |
| 14 | Antonio Brown | 50.0% | 28 | 11 | 25.6% | 127 | 27.0% | 39.3% | 2.25 | 2 |
| 15 | DeVonta Smith | 91.4% | 46 | 10 | 22.7% | 158 | 45.0% | 21.7% | 2.65 | 1 |
| 16 | Stefon Diggs | 73.2% | 25 | 9 | 31.0% | 88 | 38.0% | 36.0% | 3.08 | 0 |
| 17 | Ja'Marr Chase | 80.0% | 32 | 9 | 28.1% | 97 | 39.3% | 28.1% | 2.41 | 0 |
| 18 | DeVante Parker | 89.8% | 32 | 9 | 30.0% | 127 | 53.9% | 28.1% | 2.41 | 2 |
| 19 | Kadarius Toney | 76.7% | 33 | 9 | 25.0% | 73 | 24.5% | 27.3% | 2.36 | 0 |
| 20 | Jamison Crowder | 63.3% | 27 | 9 | 26.5% | 53 | 16.1% | 33.3% | 2.26 | 1 |
| 21 | Josh Reynolds | 77.4% | 48 | 9 | 18.4% | 137 | 36.1% | 18.8% | 1.23 | 1 |
| 22 | Courtland Sutton | 94.9% | 42 | 8 | 21.6% | 158 | 46.7% | 19.0% | 1.12 | 1 |
| 23 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | 71.6% | 31 | 8 | 21.6% | 71 | 22.1% | 25.8% | 2.26 | 0 |
| 24 | Michael Pittman | 85.1% | 31 | 8 | 25.0% | 86 | 30.4% | 25.8% | 1.90 | 1 |
| 25 | Hunter Renfrow | 66.1% | 31 | 8 | 25.0% | 40 | 14.3% | 25.8% | 1.45 | 1 |
| 26 | Adam Thielen | 98.4% | 39 | 8 | 22.2% | 121 | 42.4% | 20.5% | 1.18 | 0 |
| 27 | Deonte Harris | 50.8% | 19 | 8 | 33.3% | 69 | 33.4% | 42.1% | 2.74 | 0 |
| 28 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | 94.8% | 40 | 8 | 20.5% | 98 | 36.2% | 20.0% | 0.28 | 0 |
| 29 | DK Metcalf | 81.5% | 24 | 8 | 36.4% | 84 | 67.0% | 33.3% | 2.71 | 0 |
| 30 | Nick Westbrook-Ikhine | 81.7% | 48 | 8 | 16.3% | 92 | 24.2% | 16.7% | 0.60 | 1 |
| 31 | DeAndre Hopkins | 96.0% | 35 | 7 | 24.1% | 86 | 48.6% | 20.0% | 1.91 | 0 |
| 32 | Sammy Watkins | 74.3% | 29 | 7 | 20.0% | 95 | 23.3% | 24.1% | 1.69 | 0 |
| 33 | Darnell Mooney | 70.2% | 15 | 7 | 41.2% | 119 | 53.0% | 46.7% | 8.33 | 0 |
| 34 | Odell Beckham | 79.7% | 31 | 7 | 22.6% | 153 | 47.8% | 22.6% | 0.87 | 2 |
| 35 | Rashard Higgins | 51.4% | 23 | 7 | 22.6% | 91 | 28.6% | 30.4% | 2.74 | 0 |
| 36 | Brandin Cooks | 85.7% | 23 | 7 | 35.0% | 84 | 51.2% | 30.4% | 2.04 | 0 |
| 37 | Laviska Shenault | 76.4% | 18 | 7 | 31.8% | 90 | 46.4% | 38.9% | 5.50 | 0 |
| 38 | Justin Jefferson | 87.3% | 39 | 7 | 19.4% | 92 | 32.1% | 17.9% | 2.15 | 1 |
| 39 | K.J. Osborn | 61.9% | 30 | 7 | 19.4% | 71 | 24.7% | 23.3% | 0.87 | 0 |
| 40 | Kenny Golladay | 91.7% | 37 | 7 | 19.4% | 94 | 31.6% | 18.9% | 3.14 | 0 |
| 41 | Corey Davis | 81.7% | 29 | 7 | 20.6% | 135 | 41.0% | 24.1% | 3.83 | 0 |
| 42 | Quez Watkins | 58.6% | 30 | 7 | 15.9% | 64 | 18.2% | 23.3% | 1.10 | 1 |
| 43 | A.J. Green | 85.3% | 33 | 6 | 20.7% | 47 | 26.6% | 18.2% | 2.03 | 0 |
| 44 | Devin Duvernay | 42.9% | 16 | 6 | 17.1% | 77 | 18.9% | 37.5% | 1.94 | 1 |
| 45 | James Proche | 32.9% | 17 | 6 | 17.1% | 43 | 10.6% | 35.3% | 4.35 | 0 |
| 46 | Emmanuel Sanders | 70.4% | 24 | 6 | 20.7% | 84 | 36.2% | 25.0% | 3.08 | 1 |
| 47 | Tim Patrick | 93.2% | 38 | 6 | 16.2% | 73 | 21.4% | 15.8% | 1.03 | 0 |
| 48 | Kalif Raymond | 74.6% | 32 | 6 | 16.2% | 87 | 27.3% | 18.8% | 1.44 | 0 |
| 49 | Randall Cobb | 45.8% | 24 | 6 | 17.1% | 66 | 21.4% | 25.0% | 2.88 | 1 |
| 50 | Robert Woods | 95.3% | 39 | 6 | 14.6% | 64 | 18.2% | 15.4% | 1.23 | 2 |
| 51 | Van Jefferson | 67.2% | 31 | 6 | 14.6% | 76 | 21.5% | 19.4% | 2.90 | 1 |
| 52 | Henry Ruggs | 80.4% | 32 | 6 | 18.8% | 134 | 47.5% | 18.8% | 1.88 | 0 |
| 53 | Chester Rogers | 65.6% | 45 | 6 | 12.2% | 55 | 14.5% | 13.3% | 1.40 | 0 |
| 54 | Marquise Brown | 62.9% | 29 | 5 | 14.3% | 98 | 24.1% | 17.2% | 3.14 | 1 |
| 55 | CeeDee Lamb | 78.6% | 21 | 5 | 22.7% | 65 | 38.3% | 23.8% | 0.62 | 0 |
| 56 | Quintez Cephus | 86.6% | 33 | 5 | 13.5% | 59 | 18.4% | 15.2% | 2.52 | 0 |
| 57 | Anthony Miller | 73.8% | 21 | 5 | 25.0% | 44 | 26.8% | 23.8% | 0.14 | 0 |
| 58 | Zach Pascal | 80.6% | 30 | 5 | 15.6% | 26 | 9.4% | 16.7% | 1.47 | 0 |
| 59 | Nelson Agholor | 72.2% | 36 | 5 | 11.9% | 63 | 29.0% | 13.9% | 1.53 | 0 |
| 60 | Kendrick Bourne | 59.3% | 30 | 5 | 11.9% | 46 | 20.9% | 16.7% | 1.93 | 0 |
| 61 | James Washington | 82.8% | 37 | 5 | 12.8% | 45 | 16.5% | 13.5% | 1.86 | 0 |
| 62 | Tyler Lockett | 85.2% | 25 | 5 | 22.7% | 31 | 24.8% | 20.0% | 0.96 | 0 |
| 63 | Mohamed Sanu | 48.6% | 26 | 5 | 12.8% | 47 | 12.8% | 19.2% | 1.35 | 0 |
| 64 | Chris Godwin | 93.2% | 42 | 5 | 11.6% | 77 | 16.4% | 11.9% | 1.31 | 1 |
| 65 | Mike Williams | 85.1% | 36 | 4 | 10.8% | 75 | 26.6% | 11.1% | 0.31 | 0 |
| 66 | Bryan Edwards | 89.3% | 33 | 4 | 12.5% | 36 | 12.6% | 12.1% | 0.12 | 0 |
| 67 | Jaylen Waddle | 79.6% | 28 | 4 | 13.3% | 18 | 7.7% | 14.3% | 1.18 | 0 |
| 68 | John Ross | 46.7% | 21 | 4 | 11.1% | 72 | 24.3% | 19.0% | 3.67 | 0 |
| 69 | Keelan Cole | 58.3% | 24 | 4 | 11.8% | 94 | 28.6% | 16.7% | 3.83 | 0 |
| 70 | Freddie Swain | 42.6% | 12 | 4 | 18.2% | 16 | 12.7% | 33.3% | 1.67 | 1 |
| 71 | Curtis Samuel | 35.5% | 12 | 4 | 12.1% | -6 | -2.0% | 33.3% | 1.58 | 0 |
| 72 | Rondale Moore | 42.7% | 14 | 3 | 10.3% | -4 | -2.2% | 21.4% | 2.00 | 0 |
| 73 | Olamide Zaccheaus | 78.9% | 33 | 3 | 7.5% | 45 | 11.5% | 9.1% | 0.45 | 1 |
| 74 | Terrace Marshall | 72.1% | 34 | 3 | 7.7% | 21 | 6.2% | 8.8% | 0.06 | 0 |
| 75 | Allen Robinson | 68.4% | 16 | 3 | 17.6% | 52 | 22.9% | 18.8% | 3.94 | 0 |
| 76 | Amari Cooper | 46.4% | 16 | 3 | 13.6% | 51 | 30.1% | 18.8% | 4.31 | 0 |
| 77 | Marvin Jones | 92.7% | 24 | 3 | 13.6% | 19 | 10.0% | 12.5% | 1.00 | 0 |
| 78 | Tavon Austin | 72.7% | 20 | 3 | 13.6% | 25 | 12.7% | 15.0% | 0.40 | 0 |
| 79 | Mecole Hardman | 54.0% | 18 | 3 | 10.0% | 11 | 5.3% | 16.7% | 0.89 | 1 |
| 80 | Brandon Aiyuk | 68.1% | 29 | 3 | 7.7% | 44 | 11.9% | 10.3% | 0.52 | 0 |
| 81 | Cole Beasley | 49.3% | 20 | 2 | 6.9% | 3 | 1.2% | 10.0% | 0.80 | 0 |
Tight Ends
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Kittle | 91.7% | 35 | 11 | 28.2% | 97 | 26.4% | 31.4% | 1.14 | 0 |
| 2 | Noah Fant | 93.2% | 36 | 10 | 27.0% | 45 | 13.2% | 27.8% | 1.28 | 1 |
| 3 | Kyle Pitts | 73.2% | 33 | 9 | 22.5% | 87 | 22.1% | 27.3% | 1.52 | 1 |
| 4 | Mark Andrews | 61.4% | 33 | 8 | 22.9% | 77 | 19.0% | 24.2% | 2.03 | 0 |
| 5 | Dawson Knox | 80.3% | 22 | 8 | 27.6% | 37 | 16.0% | 36.4% | 1.68 | 1 |
| 6 | Dalton Schultz | 78.6% | 18 | 8 | 36.4% | 16 | 9.6% | 44.4% | 3.22 | 0 |
| 7 | T.J. Hockenson | 80.6% | 39 | 8 | 21.6% | 63 | 19.6% | 20.5% | 1.08 | 0 |
| 8 | Zach Ertz | 50.0% | 29 | 8 | 18.2% | 63 | 17.9% | 27.6% | 2.07 | 2 |
| 9 | Robert Tonyan | 77.8% | 26 | 7 | 20.0% | 80 | 26.1% | 26.9% | 0.31 | 1 |
| 10 | Jared Cook | 52.7% | 30 | 7 | 18.9% | 65 | 23.2% | 23.3% | 2.33 | 1 |
| 11 | Darren Waller | 92.9% | 37 | 7 | 21.9% | 73 | 25.9% | 18.9% | 1.35 | 1 |
| 12 | C.J. Uzomah | 81.8% | 25 | 6 | 18.8% | 37 | 14.9% | 24.0% | 3.80 | 0 |
| 13 | Travis Kelce | 87.3% | 27 | 6 | 20.0% | 21 | 10.3% | 22.2% | 0.85 | 0 |
| 14 | Tyler Higbee | 79.7% | 30 | 6 | 14.6% | 47 | 13.2% | 20.0% | 1.20 | 2 |
| 15 | Mike Gesicki | 67.3% | 24 | 6 | 20.0% | 52 | 21.9% | 25.0% | 2.38 | 0 |
| 16 | Tyler Conklin | 85.7% | 32 | 6 | 16.7% | 5 | 1.6% | 18.8% | 0.56 | 0 |
| 17 | Evan Engram | 66.7% | 25 | 6 | 16.7% | 20 | 6.6% | 24.0% | 1.08 | 0 |
| 18 | Cameron Brate | 63.5% | 29 | 6 | 14.0% | 84 | 17.8% | 20.7% | 1.00 | 1 |
| 19 | Maxx Williams | 57.3% | 18 | 5 | 17.2% | 21 | 11.7% | 27.8% | 3.67 | 1 |
| 20 | Austin Hooper | 74.3% | 18 | 5 | 16.1% | 16 | 5.0% | 27.8% | 0.61 | 1 |
| 21 | Mo Alie-Cox | 68.7% | 16 | 5 | 15.6% | 70 | 24.9% | 31.3% | 2.63 | 3 |
| 22 | Hunter Henry | 68.5% | 26 | 5 | 11.9% | 29 | 13.2% | 19.2% | 1.23 | 0 |
| 23 | Jonnu Smith | 48.1% | 18 | 5 | 11.9% | 16 | 7.4% | 27.8% | 0.78 | 2 |
| 24 | Dallas Goedert | 74.3% | 34 | 5 | 11.4% | 33 | 9.3% | 14.7% | 1.65 | 1 |
| 25 | Anthony Firkser | 49.5% | 36 | 5 | 10.2% | 36 | 9.3% | 13.9% | 0.64 | 0 |
| 26 | Hayden Hurst | 64.8% | 23 | 4 | 10.0% | 13 | 3.4% | 17.4% | 1.26 | 0 |
| 27 | Ryan Griffin | 56.7% | 13 | 4 | 11.8% | 37 | 11.3% | 30.8% | 0.62 | 1 |
| 28 | Ricky Seals-Jones | 91.9% | 26 | 4 | 12.1% | 29 | 9.3% | 15.4% | 0.73 | 0 |
| 29 | Ian Thomas | 64.7% | 23 | 3 | 7.7% | -1 | -0.2% | 13.0% | 0.65 | 0 |
| 30 | Cole Kmet | 98.2% | 14 | 3 | 17.6% | 58 | 25.7% | 21.4% | 0.43 | 1 |
| 31 | Blake Jarwin | 55.4% | 6 | 3 | 13.6% | 22 | 12.8% | 50.0% | 3.00 | 0 |
| 32 | Donald Parham | 52.7% | 11 | 3 | 8.1% | 16 | 5.7% | 27.3% | 1.55 | 1 |
Links to RotoWire's Red Zone Stats
Year-to-Date Sortable Leaderboards
Wide Receivers
I manually adjusted target share and air-yard shares to only count the following games for the following players, removing games they missed most or all of:
- Sterling Shepard and Darius Slayton only show Weeks 1-2 for TS and AYS.
- Julio Jones & A.J. Brown only show Weeks 1-2 for TS and AYS.
- Odell Beckham shows Weeks 3-4.
- Tee Higgins shows Weeks 1-2.
- Diontae Johnson and Chase Claypool only shows Weeks 1 and 2 for TS and AYS
- Johnson missed Week 3. Claypool missed Week 4.
| Tgt | Tgt Share | Air Yds | AY Share | aDOT | Routes | Yds/Rt | Tgt/Rt | End Zone Tgt | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooper Kupp | 46 | 34.3% | 374 | 32.2% | 8.1 | 133 | 3.24 | 34.6% | 4 |
| 2 | Davante Adams | 45 | 36.0% | 464 | 39.0% | 10.3 | 124 | 3.01 | 36.3% | 0 |
| 3 | Keenan Allen | 44 | 27.8% | 359 | 31.2% | 8.2 | 153 | 1.92 | 28.8% | 3 |
| 4 | DJ Moore | 43 | 30.7% | 431 | 38.7% | 10.0 | 144 | 2.76 | 29.9% | 2 |
| 5 | Calvin Ridley | 42 | 26.8% | 449 | 48.1% | 10.7 | 160 | 1.59 | 26.3% | 2 |
| 6 | Deebo Samuel | 42 | 32.3% | 321 | 36.0% | 7.7 | 130 | 3.77 | 32.3% | 0 |
| 7 | Jakobi Meyers | 41 | 25.8% | 352 | 29.2% | 8.6 | 165 | 1.49 | 24.8% | 0 |
| 8 | Stefon Diggs | 41 | 27.3% | 504 | 36.2% | 12.3 | 143 | 1.87 | 28.7% | 2 |
| 9 | Brandin Cooks | 39 | 37.1% | 500 | 55.7% | 12.8 | 114 | 3.24 | 34.2% | 0 |
| 10 | Terry McLaurin | 38 | 31.4% | 442 | 46.8% | 11.6 | 126 | 2.81 | 30.2% | 5 |
| 11 | Tyreek Hill | 38 | 28.6% | 483 | 44.1% | 12.7 | 128 | 3.54 | 29.7% | 1 |
| 12 | Justin Jefferson | 37 | 24.2% | 415 | 41.6% | 11.2 | 157 | 2.15 | 23.6% | 3 |
| 13 | Mike Evans | 37 | 20.9% | 472 | 31.4% | 12.8 | 170 | 1.65 | 21.8% | 3 |
| 14 | Michael Pittman | 36 | 26.3% | 388 | 39.9% | 10.8 | 147 | 1.90 | 24.5% | 2 |
| 15 | Diontae Johnson | 35 | 30.6% | 299 | 30.9% | 8.6 | 109 | 2.14 | 32.1% | 2 |
| 16 | Mike Williams | 35 | 22.2% | 367 | 31.9% | 10.5 | 143 | 2.14 | 24.5% | 5 |
| 17 | Adam Thielen | 34 | 22.2% | 306 | 30.6% | 9.0 | 159 | 1.43 | 21.4% | 2 |
| 18 | DK Metcalf | 33 | 32.4% | 401 | 45.2% | 12.1 | 112 | 2.54 | 29.5% | 2 |
| 19 | CeeDee Lamb | 32 | 24.4% | 340 | 36.7% | 10.6 | 124 | 2.13 | 25.8% | 3 |
| 20 | Cole Beasley | 32 | 21.3% | 157 | 11.2% | 4.9 | 133 | 1.58 | 24.1% | 1 |
| 21 | DeVante Parker | 32 | 21.9% | 447 | 42.5% | 14.0 | 144 | 1.68 | 22.2% | 3 |
| 22 | Chris Godwin | 31 | 17.5% | 277 | 18.4% | 8.9 | 184 | 1.61 | 16.8% | 3 |
| 23 | DeVonta Smith | 31 | 22.6% | 470 | 44.5% | 15.2 | 142 | 1.67 | 21.8% | 2 |
| 24 | Jaylen Waddle | 31 | 21.2% | 121 | 11.5% | 3.9 | 141 | 1.42 | 22.0% | 1 |
| 25 | Marvin Jones | 31 | 22.6% | 371 | 28.7% | 12.0 | 139 | 1.57 | 22.3% | 4 |
| 26 | Hunter Renfrow | 30 | 18.6% | 216 | 14.8% | 7.2 | 119 | 2.09 | 25.2% | 2 |
| 27 | Tyler Boyd | 30 | 28.6% | 231 | 26.7% | 7.7 | 105 | 2.47 | 28.6% | 0 |
| 28 | Chase Claypool | 29 | 19.4% | 364 | 44.5% | 12.6 | 114 | 1.85 | 25.4% | 0 |
| 29 | Corey Davis | 29 | 21.3% | 401 | 32.6% | 13.8 | 126 | 2.04 | 23.0% | 2 |
| 30 | Sammy Watkins | 29 | 25.0% | 383 | 27.4% | 13.2 | 114 | 2.25 | 25.4% | 1 |
| 31 | Amari Cooper | 28 | 21.4% | 269 | 29.0% | 9.6 | 129 | 2.00 | 21.7% | 3 |
| 32 | Courtland Sutton | 28 | 21.5% | 484 | 40.8% | 17.3 | 129 | 1.99 | 21.7% | 2 |
| 33 | Laviska Shenault | 28 | 20.4% | 201 | 15.5% | 7.2 | 114 | 1.70 | 24.6% | 0 |
| 34 | Marquise Brown | 28 | 24.1% | 451 | 32.2% | 16.1 | 104 | 3.13 | 26.9% | 4 |
| 35 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | 27 | 16.0% | 170 | 14.9% | 6.3 | 134 | 0.96 | 20.1% | 0 |
| 36 | Darnell Mooney | 26 | 26.0% | 276 | 40.1% | 10.6 | 111 | 2.04 | 23.4% | 2 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Sanders | 26 | 17.3% | 426 | 30.6% | 16.4 | 141 | 1.90 | 18.4% | 4 |
| 38 | Kenny Golladay | 26 | 18.7% | 362 | 30.2% | 13.9 | 129 | 2.19 | 20.2% | 2 |
| 39 | DeAndre Hopkins | 25 | 19.4% | 274 | 27.7% | 11.0 | 137 | 1.64 | 18.2% | 2 |
| 40 | Henry Ruggs | 25 | 15.5% | 415 | 28.4% | 16.6 | 121 | 2.45 | 20.7% | 0 |
| 41 | Ja'Marr Chase | 25 | 23.8% | 360 | 41.7% | 14.4 | 110 | 2.70 | 22.7% | 1 |
| 42 | Robert Woods | 25 | 18.7% | 249 | 21.4% | 9.9 | 120 | 1.43 | 20.8% | 6 |
| 43 | Tyler Lockett | 25 | 24.5% | 323 | 36.4% | 12.9 | 113 | 2.95 | 22.1% | 2 |
| 44 | A.J. Green | 24 | 18.6% | 261 | 26.4% | 10.9 | 126 | 1.97 | 19.0% | 2 |
| 45 | Allen Robinson | 24 | 24.0% | 208 | 30.2% | 8.7 | 104 | 1.43 | 23.1% | 1 |
| 46 | K.J. Osborn | 24 | 15.7% | 205 | 20.5% | 8.5 | 130 | 1.68 | 18.5% | 0 |
| 47 | Nelson Agholor | 23 | 14.5% | 349 | 28.9% | 15.2 | 151 | 1.09 | 15.2% | 1 |
| 48 | Zach Pascal | 23 | 16.8% | 197 | 20.2% | 8.6 | 144 | 1.08 | 16.0% | 6 |
| 49 | Braxton Berrios | 22 | 16.2% | 145 | 11.8% | 6.6 | 94 | 1.60 | 23.4% | 0 |
| 50 | DJ Chark | 22 | 16.1% | 356 | 27.5% | 16.2 | 105 | 1.47 | 21.0% | 1 |
| 51 | Kalif Raymond | 22 | 14.1% | 251 | 23.8% | 11.4 | 125 | 1.46 | 17.6% | 0 |
| 52 | Robby Anderson | 22 | 15.7% | 343 | 30.8% | 15.6 | 138 | 1.08 | 15.9% | 1 |
| 53 | Sterling Shepard | 22 | 27.9% | 190 | 26.1% | 8.6 | 84 | 2.65 | 26.2% | 0 |
| 54 | Antonio Brown | 21 | 11.9% | 307 | 20.4% | 14.6 | 85 | 2.36 | 24.7% | 2 |
| 55 | Jalen Reagor | 20 | 14.6% | 175 | 16.6% | 8.8 | 114 | 1.02 | 17.5% | 0 |
| 56 | Quintez Cephus | 20 | 12.8% | 253 | 23.9% | 12.6 | 112 | 1.48 | 17.9% | 2 |
| 57 | A.J. Brown | 19 | 23.0% | 291 | 39.0% | 15.3 | 80 | 1.15 | 23.8% | 3 |
| 58 | Chester Rogers | 19 | 12.8% | 181 | 15.0% | 9.5 | 117 | 1.31 | 16.2% | 1 |
| 59 | Kendrick Bourne | 19 | 11.9% | 221 | 18.3% | 11.6 | 122 | 1.48 | 15.6% | 0 |
| 60 | Tim Patrick | 19 | 14.6% | 208 | 17.5% | 10.9 | 114 | 1.87 | 16.7% | 0 |
| 61 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | 18 | 11.5% | 170 | 16.1% | 9.4 | 112 | 1.01 | 16.1% | 0 |
| 62 | Christian Kirk | 18 | 14.0% | 266 | 26.9% | 14.8 | 105 | 2.32 | 17.1% | 2 |
| 63 | Elijah Moore | 18 | 13.2% | 233 | 19.0% | 13.0 | 84 | 0.79 | 21.4% | 0 |
| 64 | Julio Jones | 18 | 18.9% | 233 | 27.5% | 13.0 | 86 | 2.37 | 20.9% | 2 |
| 65 | Mecole Hardman | 18 | 13.5% | 129 | 11.8% | 7.2 | 103 | 1.19 | 17.5% | 1 |
| 66 | Rondale Moore | 18 | 14.0% | 38 | 3.8% | 2.1 | 63 | 3.35 | 28.6% | 1 |
| 67 | Van Jefferson | 18 | 13.4% | 248 | 21.3% | 13.8 | 113 | 2.00 | 15.9% | 1 |
| 68 | Bryan Edwards | 17 | 10.6% | 229 | 15.7% | 13.4 | 139 | 1.54 | 12.2% | 0 |
| 69 | Terrace Marshall | 17 | 12.1% | 99 | 8.9% | 5.8 | 106 | 0.88 | 16.0% | 1 |
| 70 | Marquez Valdes-Scantling | 16 | 12.8% | 326 | 27.4% | 20.4 | 69 | 1.10 | 23.2% | 3 |
| 71 | Odell Beckham | 16 | 26.7% | 297 | 49.2% | 18.6 | 60 | 1.73 | 26.7% | 2 |
| 72 | Deonte Harris | 15 | 17.6% | 206 | 26.8% | 13.7 | 61 | 2.69 | 24.6% | 0 |
| 73 | Tee Higgins | 15 | 27.3% | 148 | 31.7% | 9.8 | 56 | 2.11 | 26.8% | 2 |
| 74 | Darius Slayton | 14 | 19.1% | 203 | 29.9% | 14.5 | 56 | 2.27 | 25.0% | 0 |
| 75 | Marquez Callaway | 13 | 15.3% | 177 | 23.0% | 13.6 | 75 | 1.83 | 17.3% | 2 |
Tight Ends
- Rob Gronkowski only shows Weeks 1-3 for TS and AYS.
- Same for Gerald Everett.
- Evan Engram shows Weeks 3 and 4.
| Tgts | Tgt Share | Air Yds | AY Share | aDOT | Routes | Yds/Rt | Tgt/Rt | End Zone Tgt | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Waller | 40 | 24.8% | 401 | 27.5% | 10.0 | 163 | 1.68 | 24.5% | 3 |
| 2 | Travis Kelce | 32 | 24.1% | 240 | 21.9% | 7.5 | 121 | 2.58 | 26.4% | 0 |
| 3 | George Kittle | 29 | 22.3% | 187 | 21.0% | 6.5 | 109 | 2.08 | 26.6% | 0 |
| 4 | T.J. Hockenson | 29 | 18.6% | 214 | 20.3% | 7.4 | 147 | 1.46 | 19.7% | 1 |
| 5 | Noah Fant | 27 | 20.8% | 146 | 12.3% | 5.4 | 101 | 1.54 | 26.7% | 1 |
| 6 | Kyle Pitts | 26 | 16.6% | 220 | 23.5% | 8.4 | 134 | 1.41 | 19.4% | 2 |
| 7 | Mike Gesicki | 26 | 17.8% | 227 | 21.5% | 8.7 | 109 | 1.69 | 23.9% | 0 |
| 8 | Mark Andrews | 25 | 21.6% | 272 | 19.4% | 10.9 | 111 | 2.28 | 22.5% | 1 |
| 9 | Dalton Schultz | 23 | 17.6% | 99 | 10.7% | 4.3 | 82 | 2.45 | 28.0% | 0 |
| 10 | Jared Cook | 23 | 14.6% | 188 | 16.4% | 8.2 | 115 | 1.57 | 20.0% | 2 |
| 11 | Tyler Conklin | 22 | 14.4% | 75 | 7.6% | 3.4 | 104 | 1.38 | 21.2% | 0 |
| 12 | Jonnu Smith | 21 | 13.2% | 81 | 6.7% | 3.9 | 63 | 1.40 | 33.3% | 2 |
| 13 | Dawson Knox | 20 | 13.3% | 118 | 8.5% | 5.9 | 103 | 1.40 | 19.4% | 3 |
| 14 | Rob Gronkowski | 20 | 14.9% | 174 | 16.9% | 8.7 | 83 | 2.22 | 24.1% | 2 |
| 15 | Zach Ertz | 19 | 13.9% | 158 | 15.0% | 8.3 | 87 | 1.76 | 21.8% | 3 |
| 16 | Hunter Henry | 18 | 11.3% | 135 | 11.2% | 7.5 | 111 | 1.27 | 16.2% | 0 |
| 17 | Tyler Higbee | 18 | 13.4% | 87 | 7.5% | 4.8 | 107 | 1.42 | 16.8% | 3 |
| 18 | Austin Hooper | 16 | 14.8% | 68 | 6.9% | 4.2 | 65 | 1.49 | 24.6% | 2 |
| 19 | Dallas Goedert | 16 | 11.7% | 104 | 9.8% | 6.5 | 93 | 2.02 | 17.2% | 2 |
| 20 | Maxx Williams | 16 | 12.4% | 92 | 9.3% | 5.8 | 81 | 2.21 | 19.8% | 1 |
| 21 | Cole Kmet | 15 | 15.0% | 109 | 15.9% | 7.3 | 84 | 0.70 | 17.9% | 1 |
| 22 | Jack Doyle | 15 | 10.9% | 99 | 10.2% | 6.6 | 77 | 1.55 | 19.5% | 0 |
| 23 | Robert Tonyan | 15 | 12.0% | 92 | 7.8% | 6.2 | 81 | 0.91 | 18.5% | 1 |
| 24 | Logan Thomas | 14 | 11.6% | 124 | 13.1% | 8.8 | 87 | 1.34 | 16.1% | 2 |
| 25 | Blake Jarwin | 13 | 9.9% | 85 | 9.2% | 6.6 | 65 | 1.37 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 26 | Ryan Griffin | 13 | 9.6% | 75 | 6.1% | 5.7 | 59 | 0.76 | 22.0% | 1 |
| 27 | Evan Engram | 12 | 16.9% | 58 | 10.7% | 4.8 | 49 | 0.98 | 24.5% | 0 |
| 28 | C.J. Uzomah | 11 | 10.5% | 55 | 6.4% | 5.0 | 83 | 1.61 | 13.3% | 0 |
| 29 | Dan Arnold | 11 | 7.9% | 98 | 8.8% | 8.9 | 58 | 1.45 | 19.0% | 0 |
| 30 | Mo Alie-Cox | 11 | 8.0% | 99 | 10.1% | 9.0 | 57 | 1.30 | 19.3% | 3 |
| 31 | Pat Freiermuth | 11 | 6.5% | 95 | 8.3% | 8.6 | 72 | 1.29 | 15.3% | 1 |
| 32 | Albert Okwuegbunam | 10 | 7.7% | 47 | 4.0% | 4.7 | 50 | 1.14 | 20.0% | 0 |
| 33 | David Njoku | 10 | 9.3% | 122 | 12.4% | 12.2 | 59 | 1.88 | 16.9% | 0 |
| 34 | Harrison Bryant | 10 | 9.3% | 110 | 11.2% | 11.0 | 39 | 1.77 | 25.6% | 0 |
| 35 | Juwan Johnson | 10 | 11.8% | 108 | 14.1% | 10.8 | 36 | 1.78 | 27.8% | 2 |
| 36 | Anthony Firkser | 9 | 6.0% | 53 | 4.4% | 5.9 | 61 | 0.69 | 14.8% | 0 |
| 37 | Eric Ebron | 9 | 5.3% | 74 | 6.5% | 8.2 | 90 | 0.30 | 10.0% | 2 |
| 38 | Gerald Everett | 9 | 11.3% | 33 | 4.3% | 3.6 | 66 | 1.17 | 13.6% | 0 |
Injury Report
Didn't Play
WR Tee Higgins (shoulder)
WRs Julio Jones & A.J. Brown (hamstrings)
WR Chase Claypool (hamstring)
WRs Sterling Shepard & Darius Slayton (hamstrings)
WR Russell Gage (ankle)
WR Elijah Moore (concussion)
WR Dee Eskridge (concussion)
TE Rob Gronkowski (ribs)
TE Gerald Everett (reserve/COVID-19)
WR Rashod Bateman (IR - groin) - was eligible to return Week 4 but didn't.
WR T.Y. Hilton (IR - neck) - was eligible to return Week 4 but didn't.
WR Michael Gallup (IR - calf) - eligible to return Week 5.
WR Tyrell Williams (IR - concussion) - eligible to return Week 5.
WR Jarvis Landry (IR - knee) - eligible to return Week 6.
WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling (IR - hamstring) - eligible to return Week 7
In-Game Injuries
WR D.J. Chark (ankle) - out for season
WR Amari Cooper (hamstring) - returned to game
WR Will Fuller (broken finger) - out for Week 5
WRs Dyami Brown (knee) & Cam Sims (hamstring) - missed end of game
WR Diontae Spencer (chest) - ruled out for rest of game
TE Logan Thomas (hamstring) - left in first quarter, missed rest of game
Waivers & Sleepers for Week 5
Limited to players rostered in 50 percent or less of Yahoo leagues.
Wide Receivers
Waivers, Pt. 1 — Potential Week 5 Starters/Streamers
- DeVante Parker
A.J. Green
Nelson Agholor
Hunter Renfrow- Sammy Watkins
- Jamison Crowder
Darnell Mooney- Zach Pascal
Van Jefferson- Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
- Allen Lazard
Waivers, Pt. 2 — Bench Stashes & Sleepers
- Curtis Samuel
- Kadarius Toney
- Elijah Moore
Gabriel Davis
Terrace Marshall- Josh Gordon
- Amon-Ra St. Brown
- Rashod Bateman
Tight Ends
Waivers, Pt. 1 — Potential Week 5 Starters/Streamers
Waivers, Pt. 2 — Bench Stashes & Sleepers
Drops & Benchings
Drop'Em
WR K.J. Osborn
TE Blake Jarwin
Bench'Em
Game-by-Game Breakdowns
Jaguars (21) at Bengals (24)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marvin Jones | 92.7% | 24 | 3 | 13.6% | 19 | 10.0% | 12.5% | 1.00 | 0 |
| 2 | Laviska Shenault | 76.4% | 18 | 7 | 31.8% | 90 | 46.4% | 38.9% | 5.50 | 0 |
| 3 | Tavon Austin | 72.7% | 20 | 3 | 13.6% | 25 | 12.7% | 15.0% | 0.40 | 0 |
| 4 | Chris Manhertz | 41.8% | 5 | 1 | 4.5% | 5 | 2.4% | 20.0% | 1.40 | 0 |
| 5 | Dan Arnold | 30.9% | 10 | 2 | 9.1% | 0 | -0.2% | 20.0% | 2.90 | 0 |
- DJ Chark fractured his ankle in the first quarter and will miss the rest of the season.
- Tavon Austin, of all people, joined Jones and Shenault as part of the regular three-wide grouping, while Tyron Johnson played only 16.4% of snaps and Jamal Agnew got 14.5%.
- Jacksonville led for most of the game, and never trailed until Cincy's game-winning field goal on the final snap. Trevor Lawrence finished with only 24 pass attempts, down from 51, 33 and 34 over the first three weeks of the season.
- Arnold got only 10 routes and two targets in his first game post-trade, catching two passes for 29 yards just three days after the Panthers sent him to the Jaguars. He made his case for more work once he actually knows the playbook.
- Shenault has played 81.5% of his snaps in the slot this season, including 78.6% in Thursday's loss. Maybe the Chark injury frees up perimeter snaps moving forward, but it didn't happen Thursday night, with Shenault taking only six of 15 snaps in 12 personnel (two TEs).
- Austin actually played more snaps (53.3%) in 12 personnel.
- That said, Shenault caught six passes for 99 yards and led the team in every major receiving category. Between that and the Chark injury, his value obviously rose.
- Jones was quiet, but the Chark injury means good health should be all that's needed to top last year's career-high 115 targets.
Trevor Lawrence & Laviska Shenault (52 yards)
The pass traveled 49.3 yards in the air, Lawrence's longest completion of his NFL career though his first 3+ games.
🔹 Completion Probability: 23.5%#JAXvsCIN | #DUUUVAL pic.twitter.com/wHPaa0XBgW
— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) October 1, 2021
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.J. Uzomah | 81.8% | 25 | 6 | 18.8% | 37 | 14.9% | 24.0% | 3.80 | 0 |
| 2 | Ja'Marr Chase | 80.0% | 32 | 9 | 28.1% | 97 | 39.3% | 28.1% | 2.41 | 0 |
| 3 | Tyler Boyd | 61.8% | 28 | 11 | 34.4% | 87 | 35.1% | 39.3% | 4.21 | 0 |
| 4 | Auden Tate | 32.7% | 6 | 1 | 3.1% | 9 | 3.8% | 16.7% | 3.00 | 0 |
| 5 | Mike Thomas | 30.9% | 10 | 1 | 3.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 10.0% | 0.00 | 0 |
| 6 | Trenton Irwin | 29.1% | 13 | 1 | 3.1% | 23 | 9.4% | 7.7% | 1.92 | 0 |
- Tee Higgins (back) missed a second straight game, but ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported last week that the Bengals expect him to return for Week 5.
- Tate, Thomas and Irwin split snaps in the No. 3 role, after Tate handled most of it (57%) in Week 3. They can all be ignored even if Higgins misses another game.
- There's nothing better than a mediocre tight end whose name is fun for fans to shout every time he catches a pass....Ooooze!
- Uzomah went for 5-95-2 and led the skill players in snaps, but only after going 2-35-0, 2-4-0 and 0-0-0 over the first three weeks (while playing 74%, 73% and 70% of snaps).
- Uzomah is averaging 20.8 routes per game, 20th among tight ends, but he's been targeted on only 11 of 83 routes (13.3%) even after the big TNF performance.
- In two games without Higgins, Chase has seen 28.0% of targets and Boyd 34.0%.
- Compare that to Weeks 1-2, when Chase got 20.0% and Boyd had 23.6% (while Higgins led the team at 27.3%).
- Thirty teams have attempted more passes than the Bengals' 107 (26.8 per game). It's a loss of 9.5 attempts per game compared to last year, though an easy early schedule has been a factor.
Lions (14) at Bears (24)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quintez Cephus | 86.6% | 33 | 5 | 13.5% | 59 | 18.4% | 15.2% | 2.52 | 0 |
| 2 | T.J. Hockenson | 80.6% | 39 | 8 | 21.6% | 63 | 19.6% | 20.5% | 1.08 | 0 |
| 3 | Kalif Raymond | 74.6% | 32 | 6 | 16.2% | 87 | 27.3% | 18.8% | 1.44 | 0 |
| 4 | Amon-Ra St. Brown | 71.6% | 31 | 8 | 21.6% | 71 | 22.1% | 25.8% | 2.26 | 0 |
| 5 | Trinity Benson | 29.9% | 12 | 3 | 8.1% | 24 | 7.5% | 25.0% | 1.00 | 1 |
- D'Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams were quiet in this one, but Jared Goff has still thrown 28.0% of his targets to RBs on the season, third-highest rate in the league (Matt Ryan - 28.9%, Tua Tagovailoa - 29.0%).
- St. Brown played 47 of 51 snaps (92.2%) in three-wide sets, and just four of 20 snaps (20.0%) otherwise.
- Cephus played 90.0% in three-wide, plus 14 of 18 (77.8%) in 12/21 personnel.
- Raymond was at 76.5% and 72.2%, respectively.
- Cephus, St. Brown and Raymond are all between 4.5 and 5.5 targets per game (18-22 total) for the year.
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole Kmet | 98.2% | 14 | 3 | 17.6% | 58 | 25.7% | 21.4% | 0.43 | 1 |
| 2 | Darnell Mooney | 70.2% | 15 | 7 | 41.2% | 119 | 53.0% | 46.7% | 8.33 | 0 |
| 3 | Allen Robinson | 68.4% | 16 | 3 | 17.6% | 52 | 22.9% | 18.8% | 3.94 | 0 |
| 4 | Marquise Goodwin | 50.9% | 11 | 2 | 11.8% | 7 | 3.0% | 18.2% | 0 |
- Mooney went wild in the first quarter, with gains of 4, 4, 21 and then 64 yards. He later had a 10-yard carry and a 32-yard reception to set up a Damien Williams TD in the third quarter.
- Justin Fields attempted only 17 passes.
- So many tough breaks for Allen Robinson this year. Not sure if he's a "buy low" or "sell while you still can". In dynasty, at least, it's probably the former. He'll get his QB eventually, right?
Trade! The #Dolphins are sending WR Jakeem Grant to the #Bears for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick, per sources.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) October 5, 2021
Titans (24) at Jets (27) - OT
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Westbrook-Ikhine | 81.7% | 48 | 8 | 16.3% | 92 | 24.2% | 16.7% | 0.60 | 1 |
| 2 | Josh Reynolds | 77.4% | 48 | 9 | 18.4% | 137 | 36.1% | 18.8% | 1.23 | 1 |
| 3 | Chester Rogers | 65.6% | 45 | 6 | 12.2% | 55 | 14.5% | 13.3% | 1.40 | 0 |
| 4 | Anthony Firkser | 49.5% | 36 | 5 | 10.2% | 36 | 9.3% | 13.9% | 0.64 | 0 |
| 5 | Cameron Batson | 24.7% | 13 | 4 | 8.2% | 74 | 19.4% | 30.8% | 0.15 | 2 |
- Julio Jones and A.J. Brown both missed the game with hamstring injuries.
- Westbrok-Ikhine was a flop, despite seeing eight targets. And keep in mind that eight targets was only 16.3% of the team total; RB Jeremy McNichols actually led the team with 12 targets in this one.
- Reynolds, a healthy scratch the week before, saw nine targets on 48 routes and 77.4% of snaps.
- Confession: I panicked and spent $4 on Firkser in an auction where Tyler Higbee later went for $5 and Jared Cook for $3. I've done much stupider things, and I'm actually doing well in the league anyway thanks to Deebo Samuel, but for some reason that stupid Firkser decision bothers me nearly every time I look at my roster.
- The 36 routes hint at some short-term potential, mayyybe, but the low target rate all but confirms Firkser will be useless if Brown and Jones ever stay healthy. TBD if he can take advantage of their absences, which may or may not extend beyond Week 4.
- Rogers put up 5-63-0, but his role didn't change too much in terms of snap/target share. (He also played 60-some percent of snaps in negative game script Week 1.)
- He played 65 of 73 snaps (89.0%) in 11 personnel, and zero of 15 in 12 personnel.
- Reynolds got 87.7% in 11 personnel. NWI was at 83.6%, and Firkser at 60.3%.
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corey Davis | 81.7% | 29 | 7 | 20.6% | 135 | 41.0% | 24.1% | 3.83 | 0 |
| 2 | Tyler Kroft | 76.7% | 24 | 1 | 2.9% | 23 | 7.1% | 4.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jamison Crowder | 63.3% | 27 | 9 | 26.5% | 53 | 16.1% | 33.3% | 2.26 | 1 |
| 4 | Keelan Cole | 58.3% | 24 | 4 | 11.8% | 94 | 28.6% | 16.7% | 3.83 | 0 |
| 5 | Ryan Griffin | 56.7% | 13 | 4 | 11.8% | 37 | 11.3% | 30.8% | 0.62 | 1 |
- Crowder made his first appearance of the season, leading the team with nine targets while immediately displacing fellow slot man Braxton Berrios, who finished with one target on 15% of snaps.
- Davis had gains of 13 and 30 on consecutive plays in the third quarter, then made a tough catch in coverage for a 53-yard TD in the fourth.
- Davis ranks 36th among WRs in target share (21.3%) and 22nd in AY share (32.6%). His 401 air yards are tied with DK Metcalf for 16th most.
Browns (14) at Vikings (7)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odell Beckham | 79.7% | 31 | 7 | 22.6% | 153 | 47.8% | 22.6% | 0.87 | 2 |
| 2 | Austin Hooper | 74.3% | 18 | 5 | 16.1% | 16 | 5.0% | 27.8% | 0.61 | 1 |
| 3 | David Njoku | 64.9% | 16 | 2 | 6.5% | -1 | -0.3% | 12.5% | 1.06 | 0 |
| 4 | Donovan Peoples-Jones | 58.1% | 22 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.00 | 0 |
| 5 | Rashard Higgins | 51.4% | 23 | 7 | 22.6% | 91 | 28.6% | 30.4% | 2.74 | 0 |
| 6 | Harrison Bryant | 37.8% | 8 | 2 | 6.5% | 20 | 6.1% | 25.0% | 0.38 | 0 |
- Beckham took on a full workload after playing 64% of snaps in his first game back. He also got a carry for the second straight week, adding four yards to his ugly 2-27-0 receiving line
- Beckham's 26.7% target share (in two games) places 16th among WRs, while his 49.2% AY share is second. With 297 air yards on 16 targets, Beckham has an 18.6 aDOT (it was 13.6 in 2020, 13.0 in 2019).
- Higgins put up 4-63-0 while tying OBJ for the team target lead, but Higgins' role was mostly the same. He played only seven of 19 snaps (36.8%) in 12 personnel, and only one of 16 snaps in 13 personnel.
- Beckham played 24 of the 35 snaps (68.6%) in those multi-TE formations, including seven of the 10 pass snaps. Overall, he ran 31 routes on 37 Baker Mayfield dropbacks (0.84 r/db).
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Thielen | 98.4% | 39 | 8 | 22.2% | 121 | 42.4% | 20.5% | 1.18 | 0 |
| 2 | Justin Jefferson | 87.3% | 39 | 7 | 19.4% | 92 | 32.1% | 17.9% | 2.15 | 1 |
| 3 | Tyler Conklin | 85.7% | 32 | 6 | 16.7% | 5 | 1.6% | 18.8% | 0.56 | 0 |
| 4 | K.J. Osborn | 61.9% | 30 | 7 | 19.4% | 71 | 24.7% | 23.3% | 0.87 | 0 |
- An oddly even target distribution, with playing time right in the usual range for everyone.
- Jefferson is only 23rd among WRs with 24.2% target share, but there isn't much difference between, say, 15th and 30th, at this point. That's close enough to expectations, and slightly ahead of Adam Thielen (22.2%).
- Jefferson's aDOT is 11.2, Thielen's 9.0. Jefferson also has one more EZ target (3-2), though Thielen has a 4-3 TD lead.
- Conklin is 11th among TEs in targets (22) and 15th in target share (14.4%). He's lost six routes per game to pass blocking, but he's been targeted on a surprisingly high percentage of his routes (21.2, 16th among TEs) for a career backup who is sharing the field with Thielen and Jefferson.
- (I think some of Conklin's early targets will go toward Thielen/Jefferson as the year progresses... but also, Thielen and Jefferson can't possibly score 89% of the receiving TDs, right?)
Panthers (28) at Cowboys (36)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robby Anderson | 85.3% | 40 | 11 | 28.2% | 140 | 42.2% | 27.5% | 1.15 | 0 |
| 2 | DJ Moore | 85.3% | 39 | 12 | 30.8% | 114 | 34.2% | 30.8% | 2.90 | 1 |
| 3 | Terrace Marshall | 72.1% | 34 | 3 | 7.7% | 21 | 6.2% | 8.8% | 0.06 | 0 |
| 4 | Ian Thomas | 64.7% | 23 | 3 | 7.7% | -1 | -0.2% | 13.0% | 0.65 | 0 |
| 5 | Tommy Tremble | 36.8% | 17 | 1 | 2.6% | 34 | 10.3% | 5.9% | 0 | 0 |
- Thomas and Tremble worked in a timeshare in the first game without Dan Arnold, who was traded to Jacksonville last week.
- They combined for four targets on 40 routes, and neither ran a route on more than half of Sam Darnold's 46 dropbacks.
- Anderson finally got volume but finished with only 5-46-0.
- Marshall actually played the most snaps in 11 personnel, 46 of 50 (92.0%). Anderson got 90.0%, Moore 84.0%, Thomas 52.0% and Tremble 42.0%.
- Thomas played the most snaps (17 of 19 - 89.5%) in 12 and 21 personnel, followed by Moore (84.2%) and Anderson (73.7%). Marshall (21.1%) still really only plays in three-wide sets.
- Moore ranks seventh among WRs in target share (30.7%) and 17th in AY share (38.7%). His 10.0 aDOT is down from 13.2 last season, but it's working perfectly so far, with Moore catching 69.8% of his 43 targets.
- Only Cooper Kupp, Davante Adams and Keenan Allen have seen more targets than Moore.
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalton Schultz | 78.6% | 18 | 8 | 36.4% | 16 | 9.6% | 44.4% | 3.22 | 0 |
| 2 | CeeDee Lamb | 78.6% | 21 | 5 | 22.7% | 65 | 38.3% | 23.8% | 0.62 | 0 |
| 3 | Cedrick Wilson | 57.1% | 17 | 2 | 9.1% | 12 | 6.8% | 11.8% | 1.76 | 0 |
| 4 | Blake Jarwin | 55.4% | 6 | 3 | 13.6% | 22 | 12.8% | 50.0% | 3.00 | 0 |
| 5 | Amari Cooper | 46.4% | 16 | 3 | 13.6% | 51 | 30.1% | 18.8% | 4.31 | 0 |
- Cooper hurt his hamstring and returned, but it obviously impacted his workload.
- Coming off 6-80-2 on 68% of snaps the previous week, Schultz logged season-high 79% snap share en route to 6-58-1 on eight targets.
- Schultz even ran 18 routes on 24 Dak Prescott dropbacks (75.0%), while Jarwin was at a meager 25.0% route share despite playing 55.4% of snaps.
- Schultz took 19 of the 27 snaps (70.4%) in 11 personnel, up from 50.0% in Week 3, 61.9% in Week 2, 54.5% in Week 1.
- The Cowboys are using more two-TE formations than most expected, but that could change when Michael Gallup (calf) returns, or if the team starts to struggle and plays from behind more often. Schultz, however, may be protected, now that he's taking more of the three-wide snaps away from Jarwin.
- Lamb and Cooper both have at least 21.4% target share and 29.0% AY share, but the Cowboys are just 22nd in pass attempts (33.3).
Texans (0) at Bills (40)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandin Cooks | 85.7% | 23 | 7 | 35.0% | 84 | 51.2% | 30.4% | 2.04 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris Conley | 85.7% | 23 | 1 | 5.0% | 19 | 11.9% | 4.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Pharaoh Brown | 73.8% | 16 | 2 | 10.0% | 7 | 4.3% | 12.5% | 0.38 | 0 |
| 4 | Anthony Miller | 73.8% | 21 | 5 | 25.0% | 44 | 26.8% | 23.8% | 0.14 | 0 |
| 5 | Jordan Akins | 38.1% | 7 | 1 | 5.0% | 5 | 2.8% | 14.3% | 0.57 | 0 |
- Cooks was held to 5-47-0, which is actually good given how poorly the rest of his team played. He's your league leader in target share and air-yard share, also ranking top 10 in air yards, yards per route, targets per route... basically everything we track besides number of routes, end-zone targets and touchdowns.
- I did warn last week that the efficiency is far from sustainable. But the usage shouldn't slow down, as nothing else the Texans do works nearly as well.
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawson Knox | 80.3% | 22 | 8 | 27.6% | 37 | 16.0% | 36.4% | 1.68 | 1 |
| 2 | Stefon Diggs | 73.2% | 25 | 9 | 31.0% | 88 | 38.0% | 36.0% | 3.08 | 0 |
| 3 | Emmanuel Sanders | 70.4% | 24 | 6 | 20.7% | 84 | 36.2% | 25.0% | 3.08 | 1 |
| 4 | Cole Beasley | 49.3% | 20 | 2 | 6.9% | 3 | 1.2% | 10.0% | 0.80 | 0 |
| 5 | Gabriel Davis | 43.7% | 9 | 1 | 3.4% | 16 | 7.0% | 11.1% | 0.00 | 1 |
- Knox has blocked on just eight of 130 pass snaps (6.2%), per PFF. Last year it was 16.0%.
- He dropped 12 passes his first two seasons, but has just one drop and 15 receptions this year.
- Knox is 18th among TEs in TS (13.3%), but he's one of five with three end-zone targets on the year. He and Gronk are the only TEs with four touchdowns.
- Beasley's snap share was way down, but he still got 77.5% in 11 personnel, including 91.7% in the first half.
- Prior to halftime, Diggs and Knox played 89.2% of snaps, Sanders 75.7%, Beasley 64.9% and Davis only 32.4%.
Giants (27) at 
Saints (21) - OT
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenny Golladay | 91.7% | 37 | 7 | 19.4% | 94 | 31.6% | 18.9% | 3.14 | 0 |
| 2 | Kadarius Toney | 76.7% | 33 | 9 | 25.0% | 73 | 24.5% | 27.3% | 2.36 | 0 |
| 3 | Evan Engram | 66.7% | 25 | 6 | 16.7% | 20 | 6.6% | 24.0% | 1.08 | 0 |
| 4 | Kyle Rudolph | 60.0% | 17 | 3 | 8.3% | 23 | 7.8% | 17.6% | 1.41 | 1 |
| 5 | John Ross | 46.7% | 21 | 4 | 11.1% | 72 | 24.3% | 19.0% | 3.67 | 0 |
- Darius Slayton and Sterling Shepard both missed the game with hamstring injuries.
- Ross returned from IR and split snaps with C.J. Board. Ross finished with 3-77-1 on five targets, scoring a 50-yard TD.
- Toney didn't score, but he led the team in targets and played 78% of snaps, running only four fewer routes than Golladay (who finally had a big game of his own... 6-116-0).
- Toney took 58.7% of his routes in the slot, down a bit from 69.0% in Week 2 (when he managed only 2-16-0 on 66% of snaps).
- Toney played 36 of 38 snaps (95%) in 11 personnel, and 12 of 18 snaps (67%) in 12 personnel.
- The Giants have the eighth-highest pass rate (62%) in neutral game script.
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marquez Callaway | 81.5% | 21 | 2 | 8.3% | 64 | 30.9% | 9.5% | 3.52 | 0 |
| 2 | Adam Trautman | 56.9% | 7 | 1 | 4.2% | 1 | 0.7% | 14.3% | 0.43 | 0 |
| 3 | Ty Montgomery | 52.3% | 16 | 3 | 12.5% | 30 | 14.3% | 18.8% | 2.63 | 0 |
| 4 | Deonte Harris | 50.8% | 19 | 8 | 33.3% | 69 | 33.4% | 42.1% | 2.74 | 0 |
| 5 | Kenny Stills | 23.1% | 6 | 1 | 4.2% | 4 | 1.9% | 16.7% | 0 | |
| 6 | Juwan Johnson | 20.0% | 9 | 3 | 12.5% | 21 | 10.1% | 33.3% | 2.22 | 0 |
- Harris put up 5-52-0 on a team-high eight targets but still played only 49% of snaps.
- Johnson scored his third TD, but he still hasn't topped 18 snaps in a game, and has just 10 targets for the year.
- The Saints are t-27th in play volume (57.5 per game) and dead last in pass attempts (22.5).
- Their 54.0% run rate in neutral game script is a league high. Other teams at 50 percent or higher are Chicago (52%), Cleveland (52%), Jacksonville (50%), Baltimore (50%), Detroit (50%) and Tennessee (50%)
- 'neutral game script' = excludes 2-minute warning of the first half + all of Q4 + all plays run with a score differential of more than 7.
- Their 54.0% run rate in neutral game script is a league high. Other teams at 50 percent or higher are Chicago (52%), Cleveland (52%), Jacksonville (50%), Baltimore (50%), Detroit (50%) and Tennessee (50%)
Chiefs (42) at 
Eagles (30)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travis Kelce | 87.3% | 27 | 6 | 20.0% | 21 | 10.3% | 22.2% | 0.85 | 0 |
| 2 | Tyreek Hill | 82.5% | 25 | 12 | 40.0% | 141 | 69.3% | 48.0% | 7.44 | 0 |
| 3 | Demarcus Robinson | 66.7% | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.00 | 0 |
| 4 | Mecole Hardman | 54.0% | 18 | 3 | 10.0% | 11 | 5.3% | 16.7% | 0.89 | 1 |
- Hardman played 85.3% of snaps in 11 personnel, but the Chiefs used more multi-TE sets while playing with a decent lead for the first time all year.
- The Chiefs are only 15th in neutral game script pass rate (57%). In 2019, they were No. 1 (67%). In 2020, they were No. 3 (63%). In other words, Andy Reid is making a bit more effort to run the ball on early downs this year. Or at least he has so far.
- I don't really but into Josh Gordon mattering at this point, but I understand the argument for stashing him. Upside! (or what remains of it.)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeVonta Smith | 91.4% | 46 | 10 | 22.7% | 158 | 45.0% | 21.7% | 2.65 | 1 |
| 2 | Dallas Goedert | 74.3% | 34 | 5 | 11.4% | 33 | 9.3% | 14.7% | 1.65 | 1 |
| 3 | Jalen Reagor | 71.4% | 36 | 1 | 2.3% | -1 | -0.2% | 2.8% | 0.25 | 0 |
| 4 | Quez Watkins | 58.6% | 30 | 7 | 15.9% | 64 | 18.2% | 23.3% | 1.10 | 1 |
| 5 | Zach Ertz | 50.0% | 29 | 8 | 18.2% | 63 | 17.9% | 27.6% | 2.07 | 2 |
| 6 | Greg Ward | 30.0% | 16 | 2 | 4.5% | 19 | 5.4% | 12.5% | 0.94 | 1 |
- Reagor and Watkins split snaps in 12 personnel, while Watkins and Ward rotated in 11 personnel. Ward only poached two targets (including a TD), but that's enough to matter for guys like Reagor and Watkins that are already fringe.
- And Reagor was looking pretty good after last week, too. He did run 36 routes in this one, and he played 79.2% of snaps in the fourth quarter. So it's not like he was benched; he just lost a few more snaps... and saw just one target on 36 routes.
- Smith ranks 28th among WRs in TS (22.6%) but 6th in AYS (44.5%). His 15.2 aDOT is tied with Nelson Agholor for 10th deepest, helping explain the 56.3% catch rate.
- The rookie had a 34-yard TD taken off the board because he stepped out of bounds before catching the ball. Reagor had the same thing happen earlier this year...
- Goedert rebounded for 5-56-1, but he still lost too many snaps to Ertz, getting only 64.6% of the playing time in 11 personnel. That was at least better than Week 3, when Goedert had only a 51-47 advantage over Ertz there.
- Ertz put up 6-60-0 on eight targets, with both incompletions coming in the red/end zone. And he had a TD wiped out by a Quez Watkins OPI penalty. So, Ertz was busy, but he ran only the fifth most routes on the team. Hard to count on either him or Goedert right now.
Colts (27) at Dolphins (17)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Pittman | 85.1% | 31 | 8 | 25.0% | 86 | 30.4% | 25.8% | 1.90 | 1 |
| 2 | Zach Pascal | 80.6% | 30 | 5 | 15.6% | 26 | 9.4% | 16.7% | 1.47 | 0 |
| 3 | Mo Alie-Cox | 68.7% | 16 | 5 | 15.6% | 70 | 24.9% | 31.3% | 2.63 | 3 |
| 4 | Parris Campbell | 46.3% | 24 | 3 | 9.4% | 51 | 18.1% | 12.5% | 0.92 | 0 |
| 5 | Kylen Granson | 41.8% | 17 | 2 | 6.3% | 4 | 1.4% | 11.8% | 0.18 | 0 |
| 6 | Jack Doyle | 29.9% | 5 | 1 | 3.1% | 23 | 8.2% | 20.0% | 4.80 | 0 |
- Doyle was limited in practice last week with a back injury. That likely explains his reduced playing time and Alie-Cox's increased playing time, though the latter still ran a route on less than half of Carson Wentz's dropbacks (16 of 34).
- I know some of you have already learned a lesson about chasing Alie-Cox's touchdowns.
- Alie-Cox and Granson each played 42.4% of snaps in 11 personnel.
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeVante Parker | 89.8% | 32 | 9 | 30.0% | 127 | 53.9% | 28.1% | 2.41 | 2 |
| Jaylen Waddle | 79.6% | 28 | 4 | 13.3% | 18 | 7.7% | 14.3% | 1.18 | 0 |
| Mike Gesicki | 67.3% | 24 | 6 | 20.0% | 52 | 21.9% | 25.0% | 2.38 | 0 |
| Albert Wilson | 49.0% | 19 | 2 | 6.7% | 22 | 9.5% | 10.5% | 0.58 | 0 |
| Durham Smythe | 40.8% | 9 | 2 | 6.7% | -2 | -0.7% | 22.2% | 0.67 | 0 |
| Adam Shaheen | 38.8% | 7 | 1 | 3.3% | 9 | 3.8% | 14.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Will Fuller | 26.5% | 8 | 2 | 6.7% | 11 | 4.7% | 25.0% | 0.75 | 0 |
- Fuller left in the first half, allowing Wilson to jump back in as the No. 3 receiver. Fuller will be out for at least one game with a broken finger.
- Waddle took 66.7% of his snaps in the slot. Wilson took 20.8% of his there. Same as at the beginning of the season, Miami mostly wants the rookie playing inside even if there's another supposed slot guy on the field.
- I'm sure Matthew Berry would give you some fun statistic like 'DeVante Parker is one of three players with seven or more targets in every game this season'
- I made up the statistic — at least the second part — and would rather have Waddle r-o-s.
Washington Football Team (34) at Falcons (30)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terry McLaurin | 96.8% | 33 | 13 | 39.4% | 228 | 74.0% | 39.4% | 3.73 | 3 |
| 2 | Ricky Seals-Jones | 91.9% | 26 | 4 | 12.1% | 29 | 9.3% | 15.4% | 0.73 | 0 |
| 3 | Adam Humphries | 67.7% | 26 | 1 | 3.0% | 12 | 3.7% | 3.8% | 0.73 | 0 |
| 4 | Dyami Brown | 45.2% | 14 | 2 | 6.1% | 36 | 11.7% | 14.3% | 1.36 | 1 |
| 5 | Curtis Samuel | 35.5% | 12 | 4 | 12.1% | -6 | -2.0% | 33.3% | 1.58 | 0 |
- Samuel returned from IR with a part-time role in his first appearance for Washington, sharing snaps with Dyami Brown while Adam Humphries maintained his familiar role as the slot/third receiver.
- Brown played two-thirds of snaps through three quarters, but then left with a knee injury. Samuel played only 28.3% of snaps before the fourth quarter, then got 50.0% in the fourth.
- Samuel should see more work in his next game, assuming no setbacks, especially after Brown and No. 5 receiver Cam Sims (hamstring) were unable to finish out Sunday's win. Plus....
- Logan Thomas exited after five snaps with a hamstring injury, leaving Seals-Jones to take over his every-down role. RSJ finished with only 2-19-0 on four targets, but he tied for second on the team in routes (26) and also saw an unofficial, uncatchable target on a two-point conversion attempt late in the game.
- McLaurin lit up the stat sheet in every way possible with A+ usage and production. Just look how pretty it was ^^^
- Seven of his 13 targets travelled 20-plus yards downfield, and he caught four of them for 94 yards and two TDs, per PFF.
- Star RG Brandon Scherff suffered an MCL sprain and is expected to miss 2-3 weeks.
- Washington really took a beating. In addition to Thomas, Scherff, Brown and Sims, the team lost starting LB Jon Bostic to a pectoral tear (likely season-ending) and backup CB Torry McTyer to an ACL tear (definitely season-ending).
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Ridley | 97.2% | 41 | 13 | 32.5% | 193 | 49.0% | 31.7% | 1.95 | 0 |
| 2 | Olamide Zaccheaus | 78.9% | 33 | 3 | 7.5% | 45 | 11.5% | 9.1% | 0.45 | 1 |
| 3 | Kyle Pitts | 73.2% | 33 | 9 | 22.5% | 87 | 22.1% | 27.3% | 1.52 | 1 |
| 4 | Hayden Hurst | 64.8% | 23 | 4 | 10.0% | 13 | 3.4% | 17.4% | 1.26 | 0 |
| 5 | Tajae Sharpe | 26.8% | 14 | 2 | 5.0% | 11 | 2.9% | 14.3% | 1.07 | 0 |
- Russell Gage (ankle) was out again.
- Zaccheaus and Hurst played all 27 snaps in 12 personnel. Ridley took 26, and Pitts got 23.
- In 11 personnel, Zaccheaus played 21 of 21 snaps, with Sharpe and Ridley each getting 20. Hurst got 11, and Pitts took 10. But only five of Hurst's were pass snaps, and all 10 of Pitts' were.
- Zaccheaus really only came off the field for one-wide sets; the Falcons just use those more than most teams.
- For the year, Pitts has played 63.7% of snaps in 11 personnel. You'd like to see a little more, but he's getting plenty of routes and targets.
- The Falcons ran 23 plays in 13 personnel with Pitts, Hurst and Lee Smith all on the field at TE. Ridley was the lone WR for 21 of those plays, of which 10 were passes.
- Ridley finally saw deep work, going 1-for-4 on targets 20-plus yards downfield. He's now 1-for-7 on the year, with two drops.
- This bumped his aDOT up to 10.7, far closer to what we expected. Last week we discussed the lack of downfield work and surprising sub-10 aDOT.
- Ridley is tied for fifth in inside-the-10 targets (four) and fourth in red-zone targets (seven).
Calvin Ridley has basically caught all his low-leverage targets (fantasy) and not caught all his high-leverage ones (fantasy). So he's either suddenly a choke artist -- a weird one who makes an exception for 3rd downs -- or he's about to go absolutely bananas.
— Jerry Donabedian (@JerryDonabedian) October 5, 2021
Seahawks (28) at 
49ers (21)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Lockett | 85.2% | 25 | 5 | 22.7% | 31 | 24.8% | 20.0% | 0.96 | 0 |
| 2 | Will Dissly | 81.5% | 16 | 2 | 9.1% | -6 | -4.8% | 12.5% | 0.31 | 0 |
| 3 | DK Metcalf | 81.5% | 24 | 8 | 36.4% | 84 | 67.0% | 33.3% | 2.71 | 0 |
| 4 | Colby Parkinson | 70.4% | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.00 | 0 |
| 5 | Freddie Swain | 42.6% | 12 | 4 | 18.2% | 16 | 12.7% | 33.3% | 1.67 | 1 |
- Gerald Everett (reserve/COVID-19) didn't play. But he did test negative Monday, and can now return for Thursday's game against the Rams with another negative Tuesday.
- Dissly and Parkinson both played a lot, but it was Dissly who got 72.7% of the snaps in 11 personnel (i.e., when they only had one TE on the field).
- Dissly blocked on only three of 22 pass snaps (13.6%). Last year, he blocked on 28%. So maybe there's a hint of upside if Everett misses more time.
- The Seahawks haven't passed or scored as much as Metcalf drafters hoped for, but he does now rank fourth in TS (32.4%) and fifth in AYS (45.2%).
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Kittle | 91.7% | 35 | 11 | 28.2% | 97 | 26.4% | 31.4% | 1.14 | 0 |
| 2 | Deebo Samuel | 88.9% | 40 | 12 | 30.8% | 115 | 31.2% | 30.0% | 3.90 | 0 |
| 3 | Brandon Aiyuk | 68.1% | 29 | 3 | 7.7% | 44 | 11.9% | 10.3% | 0.52 | 0 |
| 4 | Mohamed Sanu | 48.6% | 26 | 5 | 12.8% | 47 | 12.8% | 19.2% | 1.35 | 0 |
| 5 | Trent Sherfield | 27.8% | 13 | 2 | 5.1% | 24 | 6.5% | 15.4% | - | 0 |
- Aiyuk lost snaps to Sherfield again, after returning to a full-time role with 86% of snaps in the Week 3 loss to Green Bay. Serves me right for actually trusting him/Shanahan.
- Kittle took on a massive workload despite playing through a calf injury.
Cardinals (37) at Rams (20)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeAndre Hopkins | 96.0% | 35 | 7 | 24.1% | 86 | 48.6% | 20.0% | 1.91 | 0 |
| 2 | A.J. Green | 85.3% | 33 | 6 | 20.7% | 47 | 26.6% | 18.2% | 2.03 | 0 |
| 3 | Christian Kirk | 72.0% | 30 | 1 | 3.4% | 4 | 2.0% | 3.3% | 0.17 | 0 |
| 4 | Maxx Williams | 57.3% | 18 | 5 | 17.2% | 21 | 11.7% | 27.8% | 3.67 | 1 |
| 5 | Rondale Moore | 42.7% | 14 | 3 | 10.3% | -4 | -2.2% | 21.4% | 2.00 | 0 |
- Little change in terms of playing time; Moore still the fourth WR, poaching snaps mostly from Kirk. I'd take Green over both r-o-s, as he's looked pretty good and has a comfortable edge in targets (24-18-18). Then again, he's definitely not his old self, and Moore makes more sense as a lottery ticket in shallower formats where stable mediocrity means nothing.
- Green has six targets in every game.
- I worry about Hopkins more than I worry about other top receivers who are off to slow starts. Not that he'll have a bad year, but that he just won't see enough targets to live up to ADP even if he starts to ball out. He's always been on teams that needed to throw him the ball. Now he's on a team that can throw to other players, run effectively and even play a bit of defense. Not to say I'm all-in on AZ, but the Cards are certainly a good team even if it's too early to call them a great one.
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Woods | 95.3% | 39 | 6 | 14.6% | 64 | 18.2% | 15.4% | 1.23 | 2 |
| 2 | Cooper Kupp | 95.3% | 40 | 13 | 31.7% | 105 | 29.6% | 32.5% | 1.60 | 0 |
| 3 | Tyler Higbee | 79.7% | 30 | 6 | 14.6% | 47 | 13.2% | 20.0% | 1.20 | 2 |
| 4 | Van Jefferson | 67.2% | 31 | 6 | 14.6% | 76 | 21.5% | 19.4% | 2.90 | 1 |
| 5 | DeSean Jackson | 32.8% | 10 | 3 | 7.3% | 62 | 17.4% | 30.0% | 0.60 | 0 |
- Woods got a pair of EZ targets and finished with 4-48-1, but he still saw less than half as many looks as Kupp overall.
- Woods is down to 18.7% TS and 21.4% AYS, roughly the same neighborhood as Laviska Shenault and Chris Godwin (an odd trio, come to think of it). And all disappointing, but not necessarily busts just yet.
- Jefferson got six targets for a second straight game, even with Jackson taking about one-third of his snaps. And Jefferson put up 6-90-1, scoring for the second time this year.
- Jefferson has been targeted on only 15.9% of his routes, however. No surprise given his teammates.
Steelers (17) at Packers (27)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JuJu Smith-Schuster | 94.8% | 40 | 8 | 20.5% | 98 | 36.2% | 20.0% | 0.28 | 0 |
| 2 | Diontae Johnson | 91.4% | 40 | 13 | 33.3% | 131 | 48.5% | 32.5% | 2.30 | 0 |
| 3 | James Washington | 82.8% | 37 | 5 | 12.8% | 45 | 16.5% | 13.5% | 1.86 | 0 |
| 4 | Pat Freiermuth | 53.4% | 18 | 1 | 2.6% | 10 | 3.5% | 5.6% | 0.61 | 0 |
| 5 | Eric Ebron | 48.3% | 21 | 2 | 5.1% | 5 | 1.7% | 9.5% | 0.38 | 0 |
- Chase Claypool (hamstring) didn't play, but coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that he'd return to practice this week.
- Washington filled in and caught four of five targets for 69 yards. He'd played 80% of snaps filling in for Johnson the previous week, with 3-20-0 on five targets. That's only 10.3% target share on 82% of snaps over the past two games.
- Freiermuth v. Ebron remains close to 50/50. Any perceived movement in favor of one guy's playing time has then reversed the following week.
- Smith-Schuster plays a ton of snaps but still has just 16.0% TS and 14.9% AYS. Hard to see much upside for redraft.
Tomlin said Okorafor and Claypool will return to practice this week.
— Ray Fittipaldo (@rayfitt1) October 5, 2021
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davante Adams | 87.5% | 38 | 11 | 31.4% | 78 | 25.2% | 28.9% | 1.68 | 0 |
| 2 | Allen Lazard | 79.2% | 35 | 3 | 8.6% | 29 | 9.5% | 8.6% | 0.94 | 1 |
| 3 | Robert Tonyan | 77.8% | 26 | 7 | 20.0% | 80 | 26.1% | 26.9% | 0.31 | 1 |
| 4 | Marcedes Lewis | 48.6% | 9 | 2 | 5.7% | 27 | 8.9% | 22.2% | 0.78 | 0 |
| 5 | Randall Cobb | 45.8% | 24 | 6 | 17.1% | 66 | 21.4% | 25.0% | 2.88 | 1 |
- With Marquez Valdes-Scantling (hamstring) out for the first of at least three games, Lazard saw a slight bump from his previous snap shares (68%, 65%, 67%)
- Cobb, however, was the clear winner, though 45.8% snap share and 60.0% route share aren't exactly great numbers. The bet would need to be that his solid performance leads to more playing time, but even that might just be temporary (or not... Rodgers does love him).
Aaron Rodgers says Cobb has a knack for playing in the slot, and it's important to have him alongside strong outside receivers like Adams. Rodgers says Cobb even stayed with him for 7-10 days after returning to GB to help regain chemistry, and it paid off tonight. pic.twitter.com/n04XLymCNO
— Evan Hong (@EvanHong18) October 4, 2021
Ravens (23) at Broncos (7)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sammy Watkins | 74.3% | 29 | 7 | 20.0% | 95 | 23.3% | 24.1% | 1.69 | 0 |
| 2 | Marquise Brown | 62.9% | 29 | 5 | 14.3% | 98 | 24.1% | 17.2% | 3.14 | 1 |
| 3 | Mark Andrews | 61.4% | 33 | 8 | 22.9% | 77 | 19.0% | 24.2% | 2.03 | 0 |
| 4 | Devin Duvernay | 42.9% | 16 | 6 | 17.1% | 77 | 18.9% | 37.5% | 1.94 | 1 |
| 5 | James Proche | 32.9% | 17 | 6 | 17.1% | 43 | 10.6% | 35.3% | 4.35 | 0 |
- Brown atoned for his infamous Week 3 drops with a ridiculous diving TD grab.
- Watkins is 20th among WRs with 25.0% target share. He's seen seven or eight targets in each game, and has caught exactly four passes for 44 or more yards in each contest. Watkins still hasn't scored a touchdown, but his per-game averages for catches (4.0), targets (7.3) and yards (64.3) would all be the best numbers he's posted since 2015.
- Andrews had a 30-yard TD called back for an O-line penalty. He finished with 5-67-0 on a season-high eight targets.
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courtland Sutton | 94.9% | 42 | 8 | 21.6% | 158 | 46.7% | 19.0% | 1.12 | 1 |
| 2 | Noah Fant | 93.2% | 36 | 10 | 27.0% | 45 | 13.2% | 27.8% | 1.28 | 1 |
| 3 | Tim Patrick | 93.2% | 38 | 6 | 16.2% | 73 | 21.4% | 15.8% | 1.03 | 0 |
| 4 | Kendall Hinton | 40.7% | 18 | 3 | 8.1% | 24 | 7.2% | 16.7% | 0.72 | 0 |
| 5 | David Moore | 32.2% | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.00 | 0 |
| 6 | Albert Okwuegbunam | 25.4% | 8 | 2 | 5.4% | 38 | 11.1% | 25.0% | 1.38 | 0 |
- Diontae Spencer replaced KJ Hamler (torn ACL) as the No. 3 receiver but then left the game with a chest injury. Moore and HInton filled in, while Sutton, Fant and Patrick predictably dominated targets on a brutal day for the Denver offense.
- Teddy Bridgewater suffered a concussion in the second quarter, and Drew Lock was a disaster in the second half.
- Fant saw the most target (six) from Lock, followed by Sutton (five) and then Patrick (three) and Javonte Williams (three).
Buccaneers (19) at Patriots (17)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Godwin | 93.2% | 42 | 5 | 11.6% | 77 | 16.4% | 11.9% | 1.31 | 1 |
| 2 | Mike Evans | 87.8% | 42 | 12 | 27.9% | 128 | 27.2% | 28.6% | 1.79 | 0 |
| 3 | O.J. Howard | 67.6% | 14 | 1 | 2.3% | 4 | 0.8% | 7.1% | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Cameron Brate | 63.5% | 29 | 6 | 14.0% | 84 | 17.8% | 20.7% | 1.00 | 1 |
| 5 | Antonio Brown | 50.0% | 28 | 11 | 25.6% | 127 | 27.0% | 39.3% | 2.25 | 2 |
| 6 | Tyler Johnson | 21.6% | 10 | 2 | 4.7% | 44 | 9.4% | 20.0% | 0 | 1 |
- Godwin saw 14 targets Week 1 but has received just five, seven and five in three subsequent games.
- With Gronk out, Howard and Brate split snaps. Brate drawing more targets was no fluke, as he ran more than twice as many routes as Howard. But Brate still ran fewer routes than a healthy Gronk would've, plus he's not likely to produce at quite the same rate per-route or per-target.
- Brate finished with 2-29-0 on six targets, including an end-zone target. The Bucs do throw a lot...
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakobi Meyers | 94.4% | 43 | 12 | 28.6% | 68 | 30.9% | 27.9% | 1.63 | 0 |
| 2 | Nelson Agholor | 72.2% | 36 | 5 | 11.9% | 63 | 29.0% | 13.9% | 1.53 | 0 |
| 3 | Hunter Henry | 68.5% | 26 | 5 | 11.9% | 29 | 13.2% | 19.2% | 1.23 | 0 |
| 4 | Kendrick Bourne | 59.3% | 30 | 5 | 11.9% | 46 | 20.9% | 16.7% | 1.93 | 0 |
| 5 | Jonnu Smith | 48.1% | 18 | 5 | 11.9% | 16 | 7.4% | 27.8% | 0.78 | 2 |
| 6 | N'Keal Harry | 25.9% | 10 | 1 | 2.4% | 11 | 4.8% | 10.0% | 1.00 | 0 |
- Smith saw two EZ targets and finished with 3-14-1, scoring his first TD for the Pats.
- He has 21 targets, 12th most among TEs, but his 3.9 aDOT is third shallowest (Tyler Conklin - 3.4, Gerald Everett - 3.6).
- Henry has 18 targets, t-16th, with a 7.5 aDOT. He has the edge in terms of snaps, routes and yards, but not with dominant shares in any of those categories. Looks like both are more TE2 than TE1, though it's hard to tell the difference at some point.
- Meyers is t-7th in targets (41) and 19th in target share (25.8%). And his 8.6 aDOT isn't all that shallow.
Raiders (14) at 
Chargers (28)
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Waller | 92.9% | 37 | 7 | 21.9% | 73 | 25.9% | 18.9% | 1.35 | 1 |
| 2 | Bryan Edwards | 89.3% | 33 | 4 | 12.5% | 36 | 12.6% | 12.1% | 0.12 | 0 |
| 3 | Henry Ruggs | 80.4% | 32 | 6 | 18.8% | 134 | 47.5% | 18.8% | 1.88 | 0 |
| 4 | Hunter Renfrow | 66.1% | 31 | 8 | 25.0% | 40 | 14.3% | 25.8% | 1.45 | 1 |
- Edwards and Ruggs picked up some extra snaps with the Raiders playing from behind all night. They normally lose a few more plays to Zay Jones and Willie Snead / to the backup tight ends.
- Renfrow is 46th among WRs with 18.6% target share, ahead of both Ruggs (15.5%) and Edwards (10.6%).
- But Ruggs has the 16.6 aDOT, and he's caught four of eight deep throws for 172 yards and a TD this year. While that level of efficiency isn't likely to continue, he and Derek Carr do seem to have a good thing cooking.... and Carr in general has been excellent throwing deep the past couple seasons.
| Snap % | Routes | Tgt | Tgt Sh. | AY | AY % | Tgt/Rt | Yds/Rt | EZ Tgts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keenan Allen | 87.8% | 38 | 11 | 29.7% | 78 | 27.6% | 28.9% | 0.95 | 0 |
| 2 | Mike Williams | 85.1% | 36 | 4 | 10.8% | 75 | 26.6% | 11.1% | 0.31 | 0 |
| 3 | Jalen Guyton | 55.4% | 29 | 2 | 5.4% | 25 | 8.9% | 6.9% | 0.31 | 0 |
| 4 | Jared Cook | 52.7% | 30 | 7 | 18.9% | 65 | 23.2% | 23.3% | 2.33 | 1 |
| 5 | Donald Parham | 52.7% | 11 | 3 | 8.1% | 16 | 5.7% | 27.3% | 1.55 | 1 |
- Williams finally had a dud, but his season stats remain awesome.
- Cook finally had the game we've been promising.
- Cook has run the fifth most routes (115) among TEs, drawing a target on 20.0% of those routes (17th). He's t-9th in total targets (23) and 7th in air yards (188). He should be one of the better bad tight ends, if not the best of them!
